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Admin Threatens Veto of Intel Funding over Oversight Provisions

HeadlineMar 17, 2010

The Obama administration is threatening to veto a measure authorizing the 2010 intelligence budget over proposals calling for increased oversight of US spy agencies. The White House wants lawmakers to remove provisions that would require all members of congressional intelligence committees to be briefed on matters now only disclosed to senior lawmakers known as the “gang of eight.” The administration is also opposing a provision that would let the General Accountability Office investigate intelligence operations.

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